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Françoise Jamoul

    Petite musique de nuit
    Ruby. Verborgen juweel
    Hudson-serie - 4: Voorbij de regenboog
    Dunkle Verheißung
    Lightning Strikes
    Landry Series - 3: All That Glitters
    • Landry Series - 3: All That Glitters

      • 344 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      ACE 0671873199 (ISBN13: 9780671873196) Driven from the Dumas Mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew... Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate -- her first love, whom she was forced to abandon -- is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain husband and wife in name alone. But the thick, expensive walls of Cypress Woods cannot shut out the terrible memories that have woven their fabric over her destiny, or the cold eyes of Paul's mother, Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keep to give Pearl a loving father. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrives to taunt her with news of Beau Andreas, the true father Pearl has never met, and the only man Ruby will ever long for with all her body and soul, Desperate to find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a precarious new existence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood washes away. Only when the storm exposes the very blackest evils of the past will she glimpse the rainbow's fragile promise, a morning of sunshine and laughter with a family of her own.... --back cover

      Landry Series - 3: All That Glitters
      4.5
    • Rain Arnold, uprooted from her humble yet affectionate family, finds herself in a world of wealth where she feels alienated. Her love for theater becomes a beacon of hope as she navigates her new life, seeking to uncover hidden family secrets that could reshape her identity and belonging.

      Lightning Strikes
      4.4
    • Ruby lebt seit über einem Jahr bei der Familie Dumas und erlebt die Pracht des Familienanwesens sowie die Freude väterlicher Liebe, die sie zuvor nicht kannte. Doch das wahre Glück in ihrem neuen Zuhause ist ebenso flüchtig wie der Nebel. Ruby muss sich vor ihrer Stiefmutter Daphne in Acht nehmen, die sie ständig erniedrigt und sich über ihre cajunische Erziehung lustig macht. Auch Rubys Bemühungen, sich mit ihrer verwöhnten Schwester Gisselle anzufreunden – besonders nach dem Autounfall, der Gisselle an den Rollstuhl fesselt – stoßen auf Bitterkeit und Falschheit. Die idyllische Greenwood-Schule, eine exklusive Mädchenschule, die die Schwestern auf den Wunsch ihres Vaters besuchen, scheint Ruby einen Ausweg aus Daphnes Einfluss und die Möglichkeit, sich Gisselle zu nähern, zu bieten. Doch ein Mädchen wie Ruby ist in Greenwood nicht willkommen. Die strenge Direktorin Mrs. Ironwood, mit Daphnes stiller Unterstützung, macht ihr das Leben zur Hölle. Trost findet Ruby in geheimen Treffen mit Beau Andreas, die nicht ohne Folgen bleiben. Als bekannt wird, dass Ruby schwanger ist, wird sie von der Schule verwiesen und kehrt in ihre Heimatbucht zurück...

      Dunkle Verheißung
      4.4
    • Hudson-serie - 4: Voorbij de regenboog

      • 287 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Voorbij de regenboog is het vierde en laatste deel in de spannende Hudsonserie van Virginia Andrew. Rains geliefde dochter, Summer, is bijna zestien. Ze ziet de toekomst met vertrouwen tegemoet, met in haar achterhoofd het wijze advies van haar moeder: het leven is hard, maar er is altijd hoop. Zoals alle meisjes van haar leeftijd droomt ze van een zelfstandig leven, verliefd worden en haar zielsverwant vinden. Maar een verschrikkelijke tragedie dwingt Summer de volwassenheid vroegtijdig in de koude ogen te zien.

      Hudson-serie - 4: Voorbij de regenboog
      4.3
    • Ruby. Verborgen juweel

      • 267 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Pentalogie: Rubínová zář, Perla v mlze, Falešný třpyt, Utajený drahokam, Matné zlato. Další románová pentalogie, v níž komplikované rodinné vztahy přinášejí nečekané i tragické zvraty událostí. Pearl, dítě, o něž musela vlastní matka bojovat v absurdním soudním sporu, prožila s milujícími rodiči a bratry nádherné dětství a dospěla v okouzlující mladou dámu. Jako premiantka třídy skončila střední školu a má jasnou představu o své budoucnosti. Touží stát se dobrou a úspěšnou lékařkou. Opojný pocit ze společného štěstí, lásky a sounáležitosti naruší stín ponuré minulosti. Tragická nehoda, při níž umírá jeden z bratrů, poznamená životní osudy ostatních členů rodiny. Pearlina matka prchá do zátoky, kde hledá pomoc a rozhřešení. Otec se uzavírá do alkoholem nasáklého světa a Pearl se stává tou vyvolenou, která je schopná bojovat s fatální sudbou. V touze zachránit druhého bratra odjíždí do zátoky, aby vyhledala matku a přivedla ji k bratrově posteli. Po počátečním marném pátrání je Pearl odměněna a nachází útočiště v náručí cajunského muže.

      Ruby. Verborgen juweel
      4.3
    • Rain

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Life isn't getting any easier for Rain Arnold. The ghettos of Washington D.C. are a daily reminder that she must struggle to hold on to her dreams. Unlike her tearaway sister, she has battled against the odds to do well at school and to be a good daughter. But Rain can't suppress the feeling that she has never really belonged, that she is a stranger in her own world. Her instincts are confirmed when she overhears a revelation from the past. A long-buried secret is about to change her life beyond recognition. Suddenly everything Rain has ever known is left behind, and Rain is sent to live with the wealthy Hudson family. Just as she never felt a part of the troubled world she was raised in, Rain is also out of place in the luxury and privilege that now surround her. Will Rain ever be able to fulfil her hopes and ambitions -and find a place to call home?

      Rain
      4.2
    • Secrets of the Morning

      • 533 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      Dawn arrives in New York to study singing at the Bernhard School of Performing Arts, fulfilling her most treasured dream. However, escape from her unhappy past is not so simple.

      Secrets of the Morning
      4.2
    • Eye of the Storm

      • 359 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      In the wake of a terrible loss, Rain is left alone to bear the Hudson family secrets — as dark and forbidding as storm clouds on the horizon... After the death of her beloved Grandmother Hudson, Rain found herself caught in a battle for the vast Hudson family wealth. Marked to inherit millions, Rain faced the fury of her unaccepting mother, her manipulative stepfather, and her cold, vicious Aunt Victoria. But no amount of money can keep Rain's world from crashing down when sudden tragedy strikes. Left helpless after a devastating blow, Rain sinks into despair as her precious dreams are washed away - dreams that cannot be bought with the Hudson fortune. Her only hope for rebuilding her life rests in trusting a stranger who has come into her world — a man whose generosity and kindness does not appear to come with strings attached, much to Rain's amazement. But just as she opens her heart to a promising new future, her past comes back to haunt her — and Rain is pulled into a furious whirlpool of bitterness and heartache.

      Eye of the Storm
      3.7